Mark Standiford has served as coach of the Bluejays for the past 17 seasons and has also served in an administrative role as Associate Athletic Director since the fall of 2024. Standiford led the Bluejays to the NAIA World Series in 2014 and 2015. Tabor has taken home five KCAC regular-season titles and been in postseason play eight years under Standiford.
In the past 15 seasons, Tabor has gone 642-290-1 (.688) and Standiford’s teams have broken school records in wins, runs, hits, batting average, RBIs, doubles, triples, home runs, base on balls, fielding percentage and strikeouts.
Under his leadership, 144 players have received All-KCAC awards and 14 have been named to the NAIA All-America teams, including 2016 NAIA Player of the Year Manny DeLeon. Standiford has also sent 18 players to play professionally, including World Series champion Jacob Webb (Atlanta Braves, 2021). The 2023 team was also named the KCAC Champion of Character Team for the conference.
A standout player at Wichita State University, Standiford still holds the career home run record (69) for the Shockers. He also set the single-season home run record (28) during his senior campaign. Called “the most prolific power hitter in Shocker baseball history”, Standiford has since been inducted into the Wichita State Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame.
Standiford is married to his wife, Renee. The couple have one son, Blake and a daughter, Taylor. The Standifords have three grandchildren.
